BHS boys golf makes state

Alex Weary and Elliott Johnson both shot 76 on Monday to lead the Bluffton High boys golf team to a spot in this week’s SCHSL Class AAA state tournament.

Bluffton shot 324 as a team to finish fifth out of 16 teams in the Lower State tournament at the International Club in Myrtle Beach, 12 shots behind champion A.C. Flora.

The Bobcats will compete in the Class AAA tournament Monday and Tuesday at Coastal Carolina University’s Hackler Course in Conway.

GIRLS SOCCER MOVES ON

Another 1-0 playoff victory put the Bluffton girls soccer team into the Class AAA Lower State semifinals Wednesday.

Madison Putich scored the only goal in Bluffton’s second-round win over Airport at Bobcat Stadium. The Bobcats (12-10) beat North Myrtle Beach by an identical score Monday evening.

Bluffton advanced to face fourth-ranked Brookland-Cayce in a game scheduled for Friday. The Bearcats, who outscored their first two playoff opponents by a combined score of 22-0, beat Bluffton 2-0 in last year’s second round.

FIVE BOBCATS AT CLASS AAA MEET

Bluffton High School sent five athletes to the Class AAA state meet this weekend at Spring Valley High School in Columbia.

Junior Demetrius Smalls was one of four Bluffton boys scheduled to compete Friday and Saturday. He qualified in the 800 meters by finishing in the top eight at the Lower State meet with a time of 2 minutes, 1.7 seconds.

Senior DeVaughn Frazier qualified in the triple jump with a mark of 43 feet, 5 inches. Frazier, Smalls, Michael Spence and Muhammad Abdul-Malik competed in the 4x400-meter relay. They posted a time of 3 minutes, 24.85 seconds at Lower State.

Sophomore Johnnie Gaston represented the Bluffton girls in the 400-meter hurdles. Her qualifying time was 1 minute, 10.2 seconds.

BOYS TENNIS FALLS

The Region 7-AAA champion Bluffton boys tennis team’s season came to an end Tuesday in the second round of the state tournament.

The Bobcats lost at fellow top seed Socastee 4-3 in a match that came down to the tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles.

Bluffton finished its playoff run with a 15-4 record. The team went unbeaten in region to win its second consecutive title and defeated Wilson 4-2 in the first round of the Class AAA playoffs.

SOCASTEE BLANKS BOYS SOCCER

Bluffton’s boys soccer team lost its Class AAA tournament opener 3-0 at Socastee on Tuesday.

The Bobcats, who finished third in Region 7, finished with a 7-14 record. Socastee, ranked seventh in Class AAA, moved on to visit No. 4 Brookland-Cayce in the Lower State semifinals.